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Garden landscapes that take your breath away don’t transpire overnight. They are the result of meticulous planning and choosing the right garden supplies. In this post, I’ve listed a few things that you need to note before you start landscaping your garden.

Landscape Edging

The process of edging has more to it than just defining a border for your yard. It gives a finished look to any garden landscape. Choose landscape supplies that are functional, durable, and easy to install. Eco friendly garden landscaping materials made of renewable components are safe to use.

Stone Edging: To protect precious plants and flower beds in your garden use border stone edging. A decorative stone edge that comes with weed barrier protection has an added advantage.

Wood Edging: One of the cheapest garden landscaping materials, it is also very popular because of its versatility.

Plastic Edging: Of all landscape supplies, this one is extremely durable and is useful for composite edging. You can buy the Ultra Edge, which has a flexible construction that allows edges to easily bend around plants.

Fencing

Fencing plays a vital role in protecting your garden. You can choose from a variety of landscaping equipment to fence your garden. The most popular choices of fences are metal and bamboo. Metal fences are easily foldable and are available in many intricate styles. Plastic fences are heavy duty materials that are easy to unroll and install. Always choose fences that match your landscape garden designs.

Landscape Accessories

Choose from a range of practical landscape accessories to add to the style and splendor of your garden. A compost starter can speed up the process of making compost for garden use. To meet your garden needs, buy landscape accessories like tumbling composter and landscape adhesives.

Gardens are not just places where one grows plants and vegetables. To complement the amount of effort you put in here, you should try and improve your garden decor so that your garden looks beautiful, even without flowers. Here are some tips to help you work on it:

1) Singular focus

One way to make a difference to your garden decor is to focus on one part of the garden and build the rest around it. This can be done by building a gazebo, an arbor, a rose pillar or any statues or sculptures of interest.

2) A sense of architecture

You can provide an architectural form and a sense of style to your garden decor by adding a bit of iron gate work, elegant metal topiary forms or concrete statuary to the garden. Simple garden ornaments and artful decor contribute tremendously to the aesthetic value to your outdoor living garden spaces.

3) Adding water features – a waterfall or a fountain

Building a waterfall or a fountain can add a lot of value to your garden decor. In fact, most Japanese gardens have a water feature, and the ones without water features have something that represents water, like grey gravel or sand. If you would like to be a little innovative, you can turn your whole garden into a water garden.

4) Collect and scatter

After having collected a variety of art and ornamentation to add to your garden decor, make sure you scatter it throughout the landscape. Some people place topiary, sculpture or tuteur forms in distant small landscaped garden spaces for maximum viewing impact. Try and frame ornamental pieces of art with easy-growing shrubs and low-growing flowers.

5) Correct use of planters and containers

For an elegant garden decor, you may need to carefully choose the planters and containers to hold your plants. Many kinds of containers are available, the popular ones being made of concrete, fibre stone, fibreglass and plastic. For earth tones, you might choose terracotta. Correct use of planters can also add height, shape and life to your garden.

6) Lighting

Lighting up a garden nicely also enhances the garden decor. Other than lighting up the pathway in your garden, you can also light up a specific tree by focusing light beams on it. Make sure you keep safety concerns in mind for lighting options.

7) Define your place – use varieties of height

Garden ornamentation will define garden spaces. Taller garden decor and sculpture can create pleasant and sprawling visual architecture in small spaces. Always try and place taller plantings toward the back of the garden. Try and use varieties of height to beautify your garden.

8) Block what you do not like

Block a part of the garden with climbers like ivy or vines if you do not like the way it looks. A trellis or obelisk can also be combined with the climbers to block the view. It will only end up enhancing your garden decor. You can also add a birdbath to your garden.

9) Temporary additions for special purposes

If you organize parties in your garden, they are some ways to improve on your garden decor. If you are on a shoestring budget, you could light the garden by candles, lanterns or string lighting. Clean up a certain area within the garden to provide a tidy place for your guests. Addition of fragrant containers would fill the garden air with a pleasant smell. Also, do not forget to get comfortable garden chairs for your guests.

Finally, no matter how you wish to decorate your garden, you should make sure that everything is harmonized. Utilizing all your resources with perfect balance can enhance your garden decor and make it your own piece of paradise.

There are many uses for plants that exist in the world today. Whether it is for food, oxygen, energy or for beautifying a landscape, they serve a multitude of functions.

Plants are broken down into two systems. The first is the root system, which is mainly underground. The main functions of the root system are to keep the plant firmly in the ground by anchoring it to the soil, to absorb water and nutrients and for food storage.

The other system is above the ground. This system is involved in keeping the plant standing above the soil, and is used for both photosynthesis and for food and water dispersal.

No matter what type of landscape it is located on, the main functions of the plant are the same.

As a food, they serve both the human and animal population. Certain flowers and shrubs are edible to humans, and others allow animals to get the nutrients they need to survive.

They also create oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. In this process, plants take in energy, carbon dioxide and water and minerals, in order to give off water and oxygen.

One of the most popular uses however, is for decoration. Whether it is for landscaping design or to add some color to a room, plants are a unique way to make a home or office look different.

In addition to their many different uses, there are also three types of plants which are determined based on the its life cycle. The three types are annual, biennial and perennial.

Annual plants go through their entire life cycle in a single growing season. Biennial plants need two years to go through their life cycle. Perennial plants exist throughout growing seasons, typically with the portion of the plant above the soil dying every winter and blooming again in the spring.

The type of soil a plant exists in is also important. There are many natural soil options such as loam, clay or silt soil, typically varying depending on their consistency and the ability. Another option for plant soil is mulch.

Mulch keeps plants healthy by conserving moisture. Mulch also eliminates the need to landscape around different plants and shrubs.

Despite how a plant is used or what soil it lives in, plants serve many different uses in society. Whether it is used for food, oxygen and energy, or decorating a landscape, there are thousands of plant types that exist that can be used for all of these functions.